1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation.
1945–46 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 4th NHL |
1945–46 record | 20–20–10 |
Goals for | 146 |
Goals against | 159 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Adams |
Coach | Jack Adams |
Captain | Flash Hollett Sid Abel |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Adam Brown (20) |
Assists | Joe Carveth (18) |
Points | Joe Carveth (35) |
Penalty minutes | Jack Stewart (73) |
Wins | Harry Lumley (20) |
Goals against average | Harry Lumley (3.18) |
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 134 | +38 | 61 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 167 | 156 | +11 | 56 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 200 | 178 | +22 | 53 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 146 | 159 | −13 | 50 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 174 | 185 | −11 | 45 |
6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 144 | 191 | −47 | 35 |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 28, 1945 | 7–0 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 1–0–0 |
2 | L | November 3, 1945 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 1–1–0 |
3 | W | November 4, 1945 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 2–1–0 |
4 | W | November 8, 1945 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 3–1–0 |
5 | L | November 10, 1945 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 3–2–0 |
6 | W | November 11, 1945 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 4–2–0 |
7 | W | November 15, 1945 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 5–2–0 |
8 | W | November 17, 1945 | 6–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 6–2–0 |
9 | W | November 18, 1945 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 7–2–0 |
10 | L | November 24, 1945 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 7–3–0 |
11 | L | November 25, 1945 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 7–4–0 |
12 | T | December 2, 1945 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 7–4–1 |
13 | W | December 9, 1945 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 8–4–1 |
14 | T | December 12, 1945 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 8–4–2 |
15 | L | December 15, 1945 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 8–5–2 |
16 | L | December 16, 1945 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–6–2 |
17 | L | December 22, 1945 | 4–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–7–2 |
18 | T | December 23, 1945 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 8–7–3 |
19 | W | December 25, 1945 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 9–7–3 |
20 | W | December 26, 1945 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 10–7–3 |
21 | T | December 30, 1945 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 10–7–4 |
22 | L | January 1, 1946 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 10–8–4 |
23 | T | January 3, 1946 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 10–8–5 |
24 | W | January 6, 1946 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 11–8–5 |
25 | W | January 10, 1946 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 12–8–5 |
26 | L | January 12, 1946 | 3–9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 12–9–5 |
27 | W | January 13, 1946 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 13–9–5 |
28 | L | January 20, 1946 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 13–10–5 |
29 | L | January 26, 1946 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 13–11–5 |
30 | L | January 27, 1946 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 13–12–5 |
31 | L | February 2, 1946 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 13–13–5 |
32 | W | February 3, 1946 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 14–13–5 |
33 | W | February 7, 1946 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 15–13–5 |
34 | L | February 9, 1946 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 15–14–5 |
35 | T | February 10, 1946 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 15–14–6 |
36 | L | February 13, 1946 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 15–15–6 |
37 | T | February 16, 1946 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 15–15–7 |
38 | T | February 17, 1946 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 15–15–8 |
39 | W | February 20, 1946 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 16–15–8 |
40 | T | February 21, 1946 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 16–15–9 |
41 | W | February 24, 1946 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 17–15–9 |
42 | W | February 28, 1946 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1945–46) | 18–15–9 |
43 | T | March 2, 1946 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 18–15–10 |
44 | W | March 3, 1946 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) | 19–15–10 |
45 | L | March 6, 1946 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) | 19–16–10 |
46 | L | March 10, 1946 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1945–46) | 19–17–10 |
47 | L | March 13, 1946 | 4–9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 19–18–10 |
48 | W | March 14, 1946 | 7–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) | 20–18–10 |
49 | L | March 16, 1946 | 3–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 20–19–10 |
50 | L | March 17, 1946 | 7–11 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) | 20–20–10 |
Playoffs
The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup Semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points.
March 19 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:11 – sh – Pat Egan (1) 19:05 – Bill Shill (1) | ||||||
Harry Watson (1) – 07:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:43 – Bep Guidolin (1) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
March 21 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Pat Lundy (1) – 07:32 Jim Conacher (1) – 12:58 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Watson (2) – 19:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
March 24 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Milt Schmidt (1) – 02:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Woody Dumart (1) – 04:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Pat Egan (2) – 00:25 Milt Schmidt (2) – 01:51 Woody Dumart (2) – 11:10 |
Third period | 12:42 – Fern Gauthier (1) 13:25 – Carl Liscombe (1) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 26 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Bobby Bauer (1) – 02:08 Woody Dumart (3) – 14:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Bep Guidolin (2) – 04:08 Terry Reardon (1) – 11:30 |
Third period | 11:00 – Fern Gauthier (2) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 28 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 07:04 – Bep Guidolin (3) 14:03 – pp – Bobby Bauer (2) | ||||||
Fern Gauthier (3) – 11:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Brown (1) – 12:55 Eddie Bruneteau (1) – 19:13 |
Third period | 04:24 – Terry Reardon (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 09:51 – Don Gallinger (1) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
Boston won series 4–1 | |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Carveth | RW | 48 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 10 |
Adam Brown | LW | 48 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 27 |
Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 11 |
Murray Armstrong | C | 40 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 |
Harry Watson | LW | 44 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 4 |
Carl Liscombe | LW | 44 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 2 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 48 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
Fern Gauthier | RW | 30 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 47 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 |
Jack Stewart | D | 47 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 73 |
Flash Hollett | D | 38 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
Syd Howe | C/LW | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
Mud Bruneteau | RW | 28 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
Gerry Couture | RW | 43 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
Harold Jackson | D | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 |
Jim Conacher | C | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Pat Lundy | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Rollie McLenahan | D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Roly Rossignol | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Earl Seibert | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Sid Abel | C/LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gerry Brown | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Doug McCaig | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Les Douglas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Holota | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lumley | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lumley | 3000 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 159 | 3.18 | 2 |
Team: | 3000 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 159 | 3.18 | 2 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fern Gauthier | RW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Harry Watson | LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Adam Brown | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Conacher | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Murray Armstrong | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gerry Couture | RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Flash Hollett | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Carl Liscombe | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pat Lundy | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Carveth | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sid Abel | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harold Jackson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Harry Lumley | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rollie McLenahan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Stewart | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lumley | 310 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.10 | 1 |
Team: | 310 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.10 | 1 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;
See also
References
- "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- "1945-46 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
External links
- "1945–46 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.